Heraclitus Quotes

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth

Dad lived his life in a way that it was his character, not his circumstances, that dictated what his life looked like.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.

A private victory leads to a public victory and a corporate blessing, because God turns His face toward those who will demonstrate character when no one is looking.

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin does not.

Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.